The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
NINETY-NINE In THE SHADE.
AND 1T WILL DE HOTTER TODAY THE
WEATHER SHARPS PREDICT.

euse Follows with loOo-'rhe Hottest Day.
80 Far-A Little Cold Wave sighted.
Yesterday was the hottest day OF the sea-
SON. but II tho indications do not fail 1t will be
hotter to-day than It was yesterday. People
nwoke from unsatisfactory sleep to find
themselves suffering from the prlckly heat
A great many OF them blessed their lucky
stars that It was Saturday. and that
on Saturday there was a half holiday. The
more lucky ones got away from business, and
to some cooler place before the hottest OF the
day came on. but the million or more OF less
fortunate people OF the city had to stay and
swelter. To walk on tho shady sido Of a street
seemed oppressive labor but to face tho
glare Of the sun and the heat that reflected
back from brick walls ana up from stone
pavoments on the sunny side seemed deadly.
People who walked across the Brooklyn bridge
from Brooklyn noticed as they climbed the
Seemed Seem to be Hooded a foot deep with water.
but as they, got further up the steps they
could see that the water was an Illusion
from tho heated boards.
In .he tenement districts -, the e. population on
tho AIRY eS' paS ss snS ss'' %
wagons and straw pillows with flushed babies
asleep on them We're 80 Thick IN places las as
street, while half a hundred other children
e the While %
more cleanly surroupdinGs We're scarcely less Ss
By S Uns IN
Everywhere The people aoeked to the places
and pitchers were as thick as buckets at VII
lage fire. The cheap soda fountains on the
ans The 70 Sney
BUS The Iron I stes mboas Company car.
~t...l = tn
n n,sa ana ss 6e oeieck at nisss .s0
but a, noon il was at So, and at So O'Clock II
M s$sys ss ss:SsS
four miles an hour failed to reduce the temper
ature more than two degrees until after
At the Office OF the Signal Service Bureau.
2s steps above BrOadway the iSn
Of the day WAS In Pssdslph M. tine
il r as to Sss th ssy and
will be hotter when 1t arrives to-day. the sig
nal corps predict.
ToRRID HEAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
SYRACUSE. July 1G-At p NJ. to-day the
thesmomeer registered loS' il R the shade
EAsToN. Pa, July, l6.-The mercury stood
P1T!saUnoH. July 1.-THE N, mercu5;y was 81
reached this summer. Two fatal cases of sun
stroke and number of serious prostrations
were reported, The iron and steel mills were
'G CHICAGO. July i6.-The weather continues
rd hot The At A.
The, thermometer at 10 A. N. to-day re-
'i MInsHli1rows- Iowa. July 1s.-The Their
momeIer at p. NJ. registered 9s,. the hottest
day of the season. Outdoor work Is practically
UiNCINNAr1. July 16-The temperature is %
hotter at noon to-day than yesterday. There
have been number Of prostrati2ns from heat
ST. Paul. July lG.-It has been the hottest =,
weeks there has not been cool. pleasant day
The air is superheated. and when the sun
strikes 2 portion OF tho body i feels like >, q
| The climax of three weeks extreme neat came
| yesterday when the thermometer registered
DETROIT. July 16.-Yesterisy and to-day we
have had the hottest weather known here for
sSa !. :Ps e %SEnSt T fessse
the ship yards Of salliotte Raup: fully, hall
cause OF the heat, the mercury reaching 1922 in
| the shade. Various parts of southern Michi-
e&s lsREie 1os July }sSThis notice was is
| sued to-day:
spss ; Of % s
the s .hs for JUN SGs BIZ
prs1iai stationary Temperatures during the months Of
ssss sm. heretofore A'A'' IA' '@eA AA"'N
| RICHMOND, July 16.--The thermometer here 9
sP. NJ. from 1907 to lOl'. Several prostretions
| from heat were reported. A number OF out
xe Jus the
hottest OF the Season here. The thermometer
tbs afternoon registered from So to sS' in the
LSsI H.yEs Pa 5qly 1sT pssa tem mr.
W NaEEIIse, ". Va, July 5s.aoaA.t "a NJ Mt the
WILMINGTON. Del, July i6.TI1'his has been
thermometer registered i0o5. and in the sub
urbs 9sa. Newark. Del. reports 100;
mcrcury registered 81 in the shade, and at az
~ al the sisnnl AIS Service r. Siiies; 100 o,.
the coast ills evening. The .lightning was I'M:
danced about the telephone boxes in hotels
and cottages. and created CONSERVATION among
4 heavy bolt struck the flagstaff on the roof
of The Fairheld g, boarding cottage on the
north side OF Third avenue, near the ocean.
then iumPGd into the s ssG're tho Of tho tho
| the lower piazza with several OF her guests.
| She was slightly stunned by the bolt. but her
guests escaped. The women of the house ran
| up and down stairs screaming with, terror.
! Splinters from the Flagstaff were hurled nearly
| 900 feet from tho house. The storm RACED
| with the same violence all along the northern
| portion Of the New Jersey coast.
| A SMALL COLD WAVE SIGHTED.
| WASHINGTON. July 16-Reports received at
| the Signal ONCE indicates that the day has
! been one Of unusual and extreme heat
| in all that part of the United States
lyinS east Of the :, Mississippi and
throughout the entire region registering 90'
| or more. The heated term has apparently set
| In much earlier this year than heretofore. such
a day as to-day being rarely experencod over
| such n large section OF country until August.
! = A cool wave il or its way east from Nebraska,
| Dakota and the Lake Superior region, where
| the temperature has fallen l0' to So, but its
efFecL will not be felt on the Atlantic coast be-
fore Monday. and Il probably will have lost
much OF its force on the way to the seaboard. 80
| that the decline In temperature will hardly be
more than 50 orTs. Atlanta was the hottest
| city in the United States to-day. with the Their
! mometer sizzling at 1922. while Denver was the
! coolest at So.
/ George Warrington Letter Found.